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Invet in Short Term Debt Funds

Following a hike in the repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and expectations of a few more increases in the current financial year, fund managers insist that investors should stick to short-term debt funds. Apart from short-term debt funds, fixed maturity plans (FMPs) and debt-oriented hybrid funds can be opted by investors in current scenario.

The RBI, in its second bi-monthly policy of 2018-19, has raised the key repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%. In the past three years, RBI has cut repo rate down by 200 basis points (100 basis points=1%).


The policy was in line with expectations and three key reasons led to increase in rate hike. First is turbulence in emerging markets, then rise in oil prices and finally pick-up in the core inflation last month. These were some of the key reasons for rate hike. Investors should look at short-term products with average maturity of two-three years if they have investment horizon of 18-20 months.

Short-term bond funds invest in debt securities that mature in about a year to three years. They can invest in a mix of short-term instruments like commercial paper and certificates of deposits. In the last one year, short-term debt funds like Franklin India Low Duration Fund, Baroda Pioneer Short Term Bond Fund and Franklin India Short Term Income Plan have given returns in the range of 6.5% to 7.75%


On an average, returns on short-term debt funds were around 5.25% in the past one year, while returns of longer duration funds like income and gild-medium and long-term funds have given average returns of 3.2% and 0.44% respectively. On Wednesday, the 10-year benchmark government securities (G-Sec) closed at 7.92%. Its very unlikely that RBI will stop with just one rate hike. We might see few more in this financial year. So we would suggest investors to stay away from longer duration funds and stay in short-term or money market securities


Market participants also added that, 10- year yield will continue to remain in the range of 7.75-8% in the next two-three months. The prices of fixed income securities are governed by interest rates prevailing in the markets. Interest rates and price of fixed income securities are inversely proportional. When interest rates decline, the prices of fixed income securities increase. Similarly, when there is hike in interest rates, the prices of fixed income securities come down.

Some industry players also think that, fixed maturity plans (FMPs) and hybrid funds are best bet during the current times. "Investors can lock-in money at the higher yields in FMPs at this point of time. Even hybrid funds which have equity exposure of 10-15% can be attractive at this point of time. Such hybrid funds invest in both debt and equity, but around 70-80% of the corpus is invested in debt instruments while remaining in equity.




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